Baytown group wins $2 million in Powerball game

Published 3:54 pm, Wednesday, February 6, 2013

A Baytown man and his friends claimed a $2 million prize Wednesday won from the Texas Lottery's Powerball game, the agency said.

Gregory Schrull and a group of his friends matched all five numbers for the "Quick Pick" ticket from the Feb. 2 drawing. The numbers were 11, 16, 33, 40 and 41. The group missed the Powerball number, but because they selected the "Power Play" option, the $1 million prize automatically doubled.

"Six of us have been playing together for about a year. Two of the guys couldn't make it today, but we hope we can bring them next time when we win the $208 million," Schrull said in reference to Wednesday's Powerball drawing.

This winning ticket was bought at the Kroger at the 4500 block of Garth Road in Baytown.